Lest we forget

A simple remembrance observation is held every year at Fort Nelson. A shell is fired to mark the beginning and end of two minutes of silence, and a poem about the war is read by a volunteer dressed in a uniform of the First World War.





This little ceremony is heart-wrenchingly poignant, especially as the number of our service personnel dying and suffering horrific injuries in Afghanistan is soaring.


How sad that mankind has made such great progress in so many areas over the last century, but in spite of awareness of the horrors of war, has somehow not yet been able to embrace peace.